Ellen Simpson
Posted: December 16, 2020
COLUMBUS – Ellen Jean Simpson, 82, died Dec. 14, 2020, at her residence. Lowndes Funeral Home of Columbus is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Simpson was born Nov. 26, 1938, in Greenhill, Alabama, to the late Cora Hazel Gladney Gray and William Nathan Gray. She was formerly employed as a switchboard operator with Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle and as a manager with Mini Mart at Columbus Air Force Base. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Luther D. Simpson; brother, Melvin Gray; and one grandchild. She is survived by her children, Pam Simpson, Wanda Allred, Charlotte Bullock and David Simpson; siblings, Gaynell Sanders, Helen Lentz, Oma Mae Overton, Rosa Davis, Myra Patrick, Mary Ann Gray, Jane Moore, W.N. Gray, Henry Gray, Ray Gray and Jimmy Gray; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.